Leo within roaring distance of the moon
The moon reaches first quarter phase on Thursday. This makes this week prime time to enjoy viewing our closest celestial neighbour after sunset.
The problem with judgements
The problem with judgements
The response last week to the overturning of Roe vs Wade has Liz Breslin dripping in heart and in fear.
Global oceans in state of crisis
Global oceans in state of crisis
The once impenetrable ocean is now showing signs of 7.9 billion people polluting it, writes Abby Smith.
Kiwi as on other worlds
Kiwi as on other worlds
Sascha Stronach’s "fiercely queer" and Kiwi-as sci-fi is making connections, writes Tom McKinlay.
Bursting the hydrogen bubble
Bursting the hydrogen bubble
As hype grows around potential hydrogen production, including at Tiwai Point, some significant voices say it is at best an untimely distraction and at worst a catastrophic waste of time and energy.
Lines in the sand
Lines in the sand
Should people be allowed to drive vehicles on beaches? It's a divisive question in Clutha District.
Their nurturing nature
Their nurturing nature
Orokonui’s breeding takahe pair have a couple of new feathers in their caps, Jeanne Hutchison writes.
Importing a plan for hatching
Importing a plan for hatching
Museums also value the slightly absurd, writes Henry Buckenham.
Interactive: Understanding Matariki
Interactive: Understanding Matariki
INTERACTIVE: As New Zealand celebrates Matariki as a public holiday for the first time this week find out some of the traditional knowledge around the constellation and its place in Southern traditions.
A deeper appreciation of natural purple
A deeper appreciation of natural purple
I have always been fascinated by the colour purple, writes Ian Griffin.
Unlike peas in a pod
Unlike peas in a pod
As an important anniversary looms for science, Dr Adam Rutherford looks at how the study of genetics has been warped for political ends.
A landscape bleak and beautiful
A landscape bleak and beautiful
A landscape changes when the sun comes out, writes Clare Fraser.
Memories of drifters and dreamers
Memories of drifters and dreamers
City Rise is not really a suburb, it is a little city within a city. And it comes alive at night when the sifters emerge from their rickety flats and head down the hill to a gig at The Crown Hotel.
A big week for astronomers
A big week for astronomers
The next seven days are exciting for anyone interested in astronomy.
Young writers on climate crisis
Young writers on climate crisis
To mark World Environment Day, Dunedin released The Heat is On: Young Writers on the Climate Crisis, a free digital anthology of creative writing. Here we republish two works.
Training the mind
Training the mind
For most of my adult life, exercise was an ordeal. Even mild workouts felt gruelling and I left the gym in a fouler mood than when I’d arrived, writes David Robson.
A war for our future
A war for our future
As hopes fade for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, a new documentary tells the story of another life and death struggle for the environment.
Australian moth headed south
Australian moth headed south
Last week, I was sent from Christchurch a photograph of the grass-eating caterpillar of a recently introduced Australian moth. This is the blood-spotted noctuid moth Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta ...
Loving repair revolution
Loving repair revolution
Working at Wastebusters, I am a big advocate for repair and making things last. Some may say I have probably taken it a bit too far at times, writes Gina Dempster.
An encounter with the rainbow of the night
An encounter with the rainbow of the night
The merest hint of an aurora compels me to fill my car with cameras and head out into the night, writes Ian Griffin.
